Johns Hopkins Update - This is an extremely good article. Everyone should read it. AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY . Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins: 1. Every person has cancer cellsin the body. These cancer    Cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have   Multiplied To a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients   That there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after    Treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the   Cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable   Size. 2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a    person's lifetime. 3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer  Cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying And   Forming tumors. 4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has Nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic,   But also to environmental, food and lifestyle factors. 5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing   Diet to eat more adequately and healthy, 4-5 times/day     And by including supplements will strengthen the immune system. 6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing   Cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells   In the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can   Cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc. 7.. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars   And damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.. 8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often   Reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of   Chemotherapy And radiation do not result in more tumor   Destruction. 9. When the body has too much toxic burden from   Chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either   Compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb   To various kinds of infections and complications. 10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to     Mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy.     Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other     Sites. 11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer    Cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply. *CANCER CELLS FEED ON: A. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made   With Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute    Would be Manuka honey or molasses, but only in very small    Amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in   Color Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt. B. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the   Gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting   Off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer   Cells are being starved. C. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-basedDiet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little other meat,    Like chicken. Meat also contains livestock   Antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all   Harmful, especially to people with cancer. D. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole  Grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into   An alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked   Food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide Live   Enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to   Cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance   Growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building   Healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most   Vegetables including be an sprouts) and eat some raw   Vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at   Temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).. E. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high   Caffeine Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer   Fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or   Filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap   Water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it. 12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of    Digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the     Intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic     Buildup. 13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By     Refraining from or eating less Meat it frees more enzymes     To attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the     body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells. 14. Some supplements build up the immune system     (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals,     EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy     cancer cells.. Other supplements like vitamin E are known     to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's     normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or     unneeded cells. 15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit.     A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior    be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put    the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to    have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy    life. 16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated     environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to     get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen     therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer     cells. 1. No plastic containers in micro. 2. No water bottles in freezer. 3. No plastic wrap in microwave.. Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer.Dioxinsare highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper The dioxin problem is one of the reasons. Please share this with your whole email list......................... Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.